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Platypodinae

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Platypodinae
Platypus cylindrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Platypodinae
Shuckard, 1840
Tribes

Platypodinae is a weevil subfamily in the family Curculionidae. They are important early decomposers of dead woody plant material in wet tropics; all but two species are ambrosia beetles that cultivate fungi in tunnels excavated in dead wood as the sole food for their larvae. They are sometimes known as pinhole borers.[1]

Genera

Tribus: Mecopelmini

Tribus: Platypodini

Tribus: Schedlariini

Tribus: Tesserocerini

See also

References

  1. ^ Jordal, Bjarte H. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the weevil subfamily Platypodinae reveals evolutionarily conserved range patterns". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 92: 294–307. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.028. PMID 26190520.
  2. ^ WikiSpecies Data related to Platypodinae at Wikispecies

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